Health care has lagged retail services by a wide margin when it comes to customer engagement. Part of the reason is historical — the U.S. health care model typically relied on employers as the decision makers.

But with the introduction of health-care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, consumers now have the transparency and responsibility to make decisions for their well-being. Read More »

In this morning’s media roundup, Riverside Co. gets into community development, while HarbourVest chips away at the target for its latest fund of funds.

Elsewhere, Bain Capital is out of the running for a division of Australia’s Orica Ltd., the Justice Department investigates a Vestar Capital-backed company, and Arctic Cat Inc. looks to PE for a new leader. Read More »

In this morning’s media roundup, Genstar Capital sells a piece of Insurity Inc., a provider of core insurance processing and data integration and analysis services, to TA Associates. Meanwhile, Carlyle Group agrees to buy financial data company Dealogic in a transaction valued at about $700 million. Read More »

In this morning’s media roundup, Genstar Capital sells a provider of cloud-based software services for the hospitality industry to Thoma Bravo for $930 million. And two executives tell Bloomberg Television about their private equity fund launching in Hong Kong to invest in rare whiskies. Read More »